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- WOOD ORNAME-NTATION. No. 307.483. Patented Nov, 4, 1884.

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JOHN F. MCOLAIN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WOOD-ORNAMENTATION.

EiPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,483, datedNovember 4:,

Application filcd April 5, 1884. (No model.)

To aZ Z whom it may concern Be it known that LJOHN F. MoOLAIN, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District ofColumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOrnamental Inlaid Work of Metallic Wires, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved method of ornamenting wood-work ofany kind, particularly the hard woods which are made into furniture; andit consists in the particular manner of inserting in the wood metallicround wires, all of which will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a face View of a piece of wood ornamented according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on x 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents, on a very enlarged scale, a section of one of the grooveswith a wire inserted. Fig. resents a section of a groove with wirefastened in and the surface of the wood rubbed down.

A represents a piece of wood ornamented in any desired pattern by theinsertion of wires a a, which in Fig. 1 run diagonally from oppositecorners. b b are curved wires, and c 0 represent flower-stems. d dareflowers, and e 6 represent compound flowers. Any form of ornamentationmay be chosen, and by the method I adopt the wires used can be made toconform easily to the pattern. To accomplish this I use a tool havingthe cross-section and exact dimensions of the groove to be made in thewood to be ornamented. This groove is represented in Fig. 8 at I) justafter it is cut,with awirc, I), inserted, very much enlarged to exhibitthe method. The tool I use is-of peculiar construction, which enables meto cut the grooves over the lines laid out on the wood. Any other devicemay be used to out these grooves, as the tool of this invention, but maymatter of a future application.

is not a part form the subject- The depth of just before being used.

imp-- the groove is just the same as the diameter of the round wire tobe inserted in it. The diameter of the wire is a little larger than thewidth of the groove, so that it will require some power to force thewire down to its bearing in the bottom of the groove. Brass and allother rigid hard wires must be annealed, so that they will become veryflexible. All white metals and copper wires are flexible enough. Thewires are all properly stretched to take out of them short bends, kinks,&c., It is essential that the wires when inserted should requireconsiderable force to put them in the grooves, so that after thecompletion of the work they will require considerable force to removethem. After having been well bedded in the grooves I then use a thinglue over the wires in the grooves, and while the wood is Warm and moistI rub down the upper corners of the sides of thegroove, as at e c, Fig.4, upon the round top of the wire very hard. The use of the glue is toretain the fibers of the wood rubbed down, and when the glue becomeshard the wood fibers are closed over the top of the wire and willprevent the wire from rising, as

.the orifice is smaller than the diameter of the wire. I then dress offthe face of the wood as shown in Fig. 4, and use a fine file to reducethe top of the wire to the level of the wood, as seen at b, and thuspresent a plane surface, and the wholeis properly finished and varnishedas may be required.

I claim The method of ornamenting the surface of wood by inserting roundwires in grooves cut into the wood, then forcing the fiber of the woodover the wire and securing it by thin glue, and finishing the same,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. MOOLAIN.

